Quotes by Sarah Dessen

About Sarah Dessen:

Sarah Dessen is an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

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All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.

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If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’t change because of it. It’s just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.

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Silence is so freaking loud

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−¿Peor que los gritos? −Mucho peor −dijo, asintiendo con la cabeza−. Mira, en una discusión, al menos, sabes qué es lo que está pasando. O tienes una idea. El silencio es... Puede ser cualquier cosa. Es tan... −Tan ensordecedor... −te...

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But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

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Silence is so freaking load

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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

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Nunca habría sido capaz de decírselo, pero Owen me inspiraba. Las mentiras piadosas que yo decía a diario, las cosas que me guardaba, cada vez que no era sincera del todo... ahora me daba cuenta de eso. También era consciente de lo bien que me se...

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There was something really great about being able to put something out into the world—a song, an introduction, even my voice—and let people make of it what they wanted. I didn't have to worry about how I looked, or if the image of me people had f...

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If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, ...

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As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendshi...

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There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is s...

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You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

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The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.

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What you do in your dreams is never your choice. But it made me happy anyway.

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We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another heart’s beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own.

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All I want is someone decent.” She sniffled again, her eyes filling with tears. “You know? Kind. Good. Like in all those love stories I’m such an expert on. It can’t just be fiction. It can’t. Those guys are out there, I know it. I just can...

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You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.

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He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I’d won a prize, because he was so sparing with them.

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I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I wasn't shiny and charming like my brother, stunning and graceful like my mother, or smart and dynamic like my friends. That's the thing, though. You alwa...

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Author Bio

  • NameSarah Dessen
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJune 6, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist